Indulge in the delightful world of chewy macaroons, a timeless classic with a modern twist. These bite-sized treats, originating from France and Italy, have captivated taste buds for centuries with their distinct texture and irresistible flavors. Our comprehensive guide offers a curated selection of chewy macaroon recipes that cater to diverse preferences and dietary needs. Embark on a culinary journey as we explore the secrets behind achieving the perfect chewiness, from selecting the finest ingredients to mastering the art of shaping and baking. Discover the magic of transforming simple ingredients into heavenly delights, whether you prefer the traditional coconut macaroons, the nutty goodness of almond macaroons, or the vibrant burst of flavor from pistachio macaroons. With step-by-step instructions and expert tips, we'll guide you through each recipe, ensuring success in every bite. Prepare to tantalize your taste buds and impress your loved ones with these chewy macaroon masterpieces.
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CHEWY COCONUT MACAROONS
These chewy cookies are my husband's favorite, so he requests them often. I like to make the macaroons on cold winter days and keep them in an airtight bowl on the kitchen counter. They never last long! -Peggy Key, Grant, Alabama
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield 32 cookies.
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a bowl, toss the coconut, flour and salt. Stir in milk and extract until blended (mixture will be thick and sticky)., Drop by level tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto lightly greased baking sheets. Bake at 300° just until golden brown, 18-22 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 83 calories, Fat 3g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 2mg cholesterol, Sodium 41mg sodium, Carbohydrate 13g carbohydrate (11g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
CHEWY COCONUT MACAROONS
The perfect dessert: traditional Passover sweets that are crunchy on the outside, moist and chewy on the inside. And did we mention they're easy to make?
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Time 35m
Yield Makes 30
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper (or coat generously with nonstick cooking spray).
- In a large bowl, whisk together egg whites, sugar, and salt until frothy. With a fork, stir in coconut until moistened.
- Drop mixture by packed level tablespoons onto prepared sheet (cookies will not spread). Bake until lightly golden, 25 to 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 77 g, Fat 4 g, Protein 1 g
CHEWY MACAROONS
Make and share this Chewy Macaroons recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Diana Adcock
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 18m
Yield 2 dozen, 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Combine coconut, flour and salt.
- Stir in vanilla and milk.
- Drop from a tablespoon onto a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 13 minutes or until golden brown.
CHEWY ALMOND COOKIES (MACAROONS)
Make and share this Chewy Almond Cookies (Macaroons) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Rita1652
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Process almonds in a food processor 9 minutes or until a paste forms, stopping to scrape down sides.
- Beat egg whites at medium speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
- Combine almond paste, sugar, cardamom and cinnamon in a bowl, mixing with hands until blended.
- Add egg whites; knead by hand until smooth and doughlike consistency.
- Wet fingers with water, and shape dough into 1-inch balls (about 1 tablespoon dough for each cookie).
- Slightly flatten with thumb.
- Place cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Top each with almond sliver pressed in lightly.
- Bake on middle rack of oven at 325° for 15-20 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.
- Remove cookies immediately to wire racks; cool.
CHEWY MACAROONS
These coconut cookies are lightly crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside. "Sometimes I make them a bit larger so I can top them with a scoop of ice cream and some strawberry sauce," jots Herbert Borland from Des Moines, Washington.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield about 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a small bowl, beat egg whites, vanilla and salt on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at time, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold in coconut. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto well-greased baking sheets. Bake at 300° for 25 minutes or just until golden brown. Immediately remove to wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 33 calories, Fat 1g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 21mg sodium, Carbohydrate 5g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 0 protein.
3 INGREDIENT CHEWY MACAROONS
These are my family's favourite macaroon. Always a constant on holiday platters. I guessed at the amount, because I usually combine large and small cookies when I bake.
Provided by luvcookn
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 20m
Yield 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Do not just grease sheet as they will stick. Yes, that is experience. lol.
- Mix all ingredients together until well combined.
- Depending on the size you make them, either use a spoon or an ice cream scoop, and place on sheets.
- Bake for 10 - 12 minutes.
- When baked, transfer to cooling racks.
- These freeze wonderfully.
CHEWY ALMOND MACAROONS
Categories Food Processor Dessert Bake Almond Gourmet
Yield Makes about 40 macaroons
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a food processor grind fine the whole almonds with the sugar, the almond extract, and the salt. In a bowl beat the whites until they are foamy (just before they hold soft peaks) and fold in the almond mixture gently but thoroughly. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and butter the parchment. Transfer the batter to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tip, pipe 1-inch mounds onto the parchment, 2 inches apart, and sprinkle them with the sliced almonds. Bake the macaroons in the middle of a preheated 300°F. oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until they are golden around the edges, and let them cool on the parchment. Peel the macaroons from the parchment and store them in an airtight container.
SOFT AND CHEWY COCONUT MACAROONS
I love coconut and these macaroons are very soft and sweet and chewy. This is my second recipe for this cookie and I just can't get enough! The trick to getting that soft chewy perfect macaroon is to really whip the egg whites. The first time I made these they flattened out abit so I adjusted the coconut and added another 1/2 cup just to give it abit more chewiness and baked it abit longer to crisp the outside while the middle was nice a chewy. But please adjust to your tastes.
Provided by veraj9170
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 12m
Yield 30 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In an electric mixer using the whisk attachment, beat egg whites and vanilla until really stiff peaks form.
- Gradually add confectioners' sugar and mix well.
- Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in coconut and flour until blended.
- Drop from a teaspoon on to a parchment lined cookie sheet (yes for this recipe you should use it) make sure you space the cookies 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove cookie sheet and allow cookies to cool on it. When fully cool, carefully remove cookies using metal spatula and store in airtight container to stay soft.
- You can drizzle a little melted chocolate on them if you like, just be sure to allow the chocolate to completely dry before storing.
OLD-FASHIONED CHEWY MACAROONS
Steps:
- 1. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Preheat your ovens to 375oF. 2.In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the almond paste and half the granulated sugar on low speed for about 3 or 4 minutes, until the almond paste is reduced to fine crumbs. Add the remaining 3/8 cup sugar, the confectioners' sugar, the cake flour, and the salt and continue to beat another 2-3 minutes. 3. Whisk the egg whites slightly to make them break up, then with the mixer still on low speed, beat in about a quarter of them. As soon as the first quantity of egg white is absorbed, add more, and continue until all the egg white has been added and the macaroon paste is smooth and sticking to the bottom of the bowl. But the second it reaches that state, turn off the mixer. If beaten for too long, the macaroons will puff and sink in the oven. 4. Because the macaroon paste is firm and difficult to pipe, only put a little at a time into a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tube (Ateco #806). Pipe out 1-inch spheres onto the prepared pans and continue to add macaroon paste to the bag until all the cookies have been piped. 5. Fold a clean flat-weave kitchen towel the long way into a strip about 2 inches wide. Fill a small bowl with water. Wet the cloth and wring it out only slightly, so that some water is still dripping. Hold one end of the strip in each hand and drop the wet cloth onto the piped macaroons to flatten and moisten them. Repeat until all the macaroons have been moistened. 6. Sprinkle the moistened surfaces with granulated sugar and bake them immediately. 7. Bake the macaroons for about 12 minutes, or until they are golden and firm on the outside, but still soft within. 8. Cool the macaroons on the pans on racks. 9. Store the macaroons between sheets of parchment paper in a tin or plastic container with a tight-fitting lid.
CHEWY CHOCOLATE MACAROONS
Moyn at Gail's says of these sweets: "These are scrumptious! Don't be fooled that the recipe and cleanup are so easy."
Provided by Julesong
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 20m
Yield 8 dozen, 96 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine all ingredients and mix well.
- Drop from teaspoon, 1 inch apart, onto well-greased baking sheets.
- Bake at 350 degrees F, for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Remove immediately from baking sheets.
- Makes 8 dozen.
- Note: the vanilla can be substituted with almond extract.
- Source: Moyn, at Gail's Recipe Swap.
CHEWY CHOCOLATE-COCONUT MACAROONS
Yield 3 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees. 2. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper, and secure with masking tape. 3. Place unsweetened chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH for 1 minute or until almost melted. Remove from microwave; stir until chocolate is completely melted. 4. Spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine cake flour, unsweetened cocoa, and salt in a large bowl. Add coconut, and toss well. Stir in melted chocolate, vanilla extract, and sweetened condensed milk (the mixture will be stiff). Drop by level tablespoons 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheet. Bake at 250 deg for 45 minutes or until edges of cookies are soft, rotating baking sheet once during baking time. Remove from oven, and cool 10 minutes on a pan on a wire rack. Remove the cookies from the parchment paper, and cool completely on rack. Store in an airtight container.
Tips:
- Use room temperature egg whites: This will help the egg whites whip up more easily and create a more stable meringue.
- Whip the egg whites until they are stiff peaks: This will create a meringue that is strong enough to hold up the weight of the other ingredients.
- Add the sugar gradually: Adding the sugar all at once can cause the meringue to deflate. Add it in small increments, whisking constantly, until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Fold in the dry ingredients gently: Overmixing can toughen the macaroons. Use a spatula to gently fold in the dry ingredients until they are just combined.
- Let the macaroons rest before baking: This will help the macaroons to develop a skin, which will prevent them from cracking in the oven.
- Bake the macaroons at a low temperature: This will help the macaroons to bake evenly without browning too much.
- Let the macaroons cool completely before filling: This will help the macaroons to hold their shape.
Conclusion:
Macaroons are a delicious and elegant treat that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. They are perfect for any occasion, from a casual get-together to a formal party. With a little practice, you can easily master the art of making macaroons at home. So what are you waiting for? Give this recipe a try today!
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